Surgeon suspended for issuing medical certificates to cops on

Panaji, Oct 26 The Goa government has suspended
a senior surgeon attached to its South District hospital for
allegedly issuing medical certificates to policemen on flimsy
grounds to avoid important and emergency duties.
Senior surgeon Dr Anil Rane has also been accused of
giving medical certificates to foreign nationals for granting
overstay or extension of stay in India.
Goa health department's under secretary Maria Seomara
De Souza on October 12 issued an order suspending Rane.
The department has also handed over the matter to the
directorate of vigilance for further investigation.
The India Reserve Battalion, a wing of Goa Police, had
brought to the department's notice that medical certificates
of sickness were being issued on flimsy grounds by Rane to
various police personnel attached to avoid important and
emergency duties.
The preliminary investigation by the health department
also revealed that the doctor was issuing medical certificates
to foreign nationals for granting overstay or extension of
stay in the country.